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The William C. Mack Collection of Worldwide Air Post continued...

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Pioneer Air Mails (AAMC22-AAMC31)
Lot Sym. Lot Description Est/Cat Realized
3523 c image1912, Apr. 10, New Orleans-Baton Rouge and Return. City to City Experimental Flight (AAMC 22). Two locally addressed picture postcards, each with 1c Green tied by "New Orleans La. Apr. 10 3:30PM 1912" duplex cancel and magenta hs cachet, one with ornate design of the 35th Anniversary of the Catholic Knights of America, other with view of New Orleans City Park, minor flaws, otherwise Very Fine (Image) 600.00 240.00
3524 c image1912, Apr. 21, Eureka Cal. New Era Park Aviation Meet (AAMC 23). Two locally addressed postcards, first with 1c Green tied by flight cancel on photo postcard of Weldon B. Cooke's plane circling Mt. Tamalpais with small Cooke inset, other on 1c Blue postal card (UX22), latter with small creases, Very Fine, only 147 pieces flown (Image) 800.00 325.00
3525 c image1912, May 16, Marietta Ohio, Marietta Daily Journal Aviation Meet (AAMC 24). 1c Green tied by well-struck flight cancel on souvenir postcard with plane over Muskingum River, to Sisterville West Va., Very Fine, AAMC states less than ten pieces known from the approximately 1,500 flown (Image) 2,500.00 1,050.00
3526 c image1912, May 25, Chicago Ill. Cicero Field-Milwaukee Wis. Record Over-Water Flight (AAMC 26). 2c Carmine, s.e. at top, tied by well-struck "Chicago Ill. May 25 10:30AM 1912" machine cancel on buff cover with printed Milwaukee Journal corner card to Rabbi Sam'l Hirschberg, Milwaukee Wis., violet five line handstamp and small blue "Via Airship" cachets, cover roughly opened at left, couple small edge tears

FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE THREE KNOWN FLOWN COVERS FROM THIS FLIGHT IN PRIVATE HANDS.

According to the AAMC, the other two belong to museums. Illustrated in the AAMC (Image)

2,500.00 9,000.00
3527 c image1912, May 30-June 1, Milwaukee Wis. State Fair Grounds Aviation Meet (AAMC 28). 1c Green tied by bold May 30 (First Day) flight cancel on photo postcard of Miss Julia Clark "Daring Girlbird" in her cockpit, to Ft. Atkinson Wis., Very Fine, according to AAMC, "very few May 30 pieces have survived" (Image) 1,500.00 1,150.00
3528 c image1912, May 30-June 1, Milwaukee Wis. State Fair Grounds Aviation Meet (AAMC 28). Well-struck May 30 (First Day) flight cancel on locally addressed 1c Red Postal Card (UX24), message side states, "Dear Mother: This was delivered by aeroplane. They hae a special post office out here. Paul", Extremely Fine, according to AAMC, "very few May 30 pieces have survived" (Image) 1,500.00 1,400.00
3529 c image1912, May 30-June 1, Milwaukee Wis. State Fair Grounds Aviation Meet (AAMC 28). Almost perfectly struck June 1 flight cancel on 2c Red on Blue entire (U414) to L.D. Peaslee, Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wis.

EXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY PICE OF MAIL POSTMARKED JUNE 1 FROM THE AVIATION MEET.

According to AAMC, due to poor attendance and windy weather that caused many crashes on May 31, the meet was canceled at 4PM on May 31. This cover was prepared but never flown. Ex Lettick (Image)

2,000.00 1,250.00
3530 c image1912, May 30-June 2. Cicero-Elmhurst-Wheaton Ill. Triple City Aviation Meet (AAMC 30f). 1c Green tied by "Cicero Ill. Jun. 2 4:30PM 1912" flag cancel and "Wheaton Ill. Jun. 3 9AM 1912" machine cancel on photo postcard depicting Jas. Ward in the cockpit of his plane, to Chicago, light blue "Aero Mail" hs cachet, small faults, otherwise Very Fine (Image) 750.00 260.00
3531 c image1912, May 30-June 2. Cicero-Elmhurst-Wheaton Ill. Triple City Aviation Meet (AAMC 30f). 1c Green tied by "Cicero Ill. Jun. 2 4:30PM 1912" flag cancel and "Wheaton Ill. Jun. 3 9AM 1912" machine cancel on photo postcard depicting Jas. Ward in the cockpit of his plane, to Chicago, light blue "Aero Mail" hs cachet, small faults, otherwise Fine (Image) 750.00 200.00
3532 c image1912, June 3-9, Lexington Ky. Racetrack Aviation Meet (AAMC 31). 1c Green tied by "Lexington Ky. Jun. 13" machine cancel on photo postcard with three photos of planes and an aviator, to San Antonio Texas, Extremely Fine -- no mail from this meet was ever flown due to bad weather on June 8 and 9, the postmaster waited until June 13 before sending it by train (Image) 500.00 240.00

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